Donald Kopchak and Daniel Lajack face felony charges after allegedly assaulting a U.S. citizen from Eritrea they wrongly believed was of being undocumented.
The interesting thing about this one is that the assault took place last year, before the Bad Man took over. And the FBI did it’s own investigation and declined to prosecute. I haven’t been able to find info on whether that investigation happened before or after the regime change here.
No matter who happens to be in charge, they shouldn’t be going after people who they think are undocumented without any proof other than “they look foreign and talk funny”, particularly while off duty and having no more reason to beat anyone up than I do. It is a shame the Feds didn’t press charges, the State is doing the right thing.
The interesting thing about this one is that the assault took place last year, before the Bad Man took over. And the FBI did it’s own investigation and declined to prosecute. I haven’t been able to find info on whether that investigation happened before or after the regime change here.
No matter who happens to be in charge, they shouldn’t be going after people who they think are undocumented without any proof other than “they look foreign and talk funny”, particularly while off duty and having no more reason to beat anyone up than I do. It is a shame the Feds didn’t press charges, the State is doing the right thing.
They shouldn’t be going after anyone like that, period.